Crime & Safety

Bombing Suspect Indicted at Bedside

A federal magistrate went to the hospital as a sealed complaint was filed against the bombing suspect.

 

A federal magistrate visited the bedside of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the surviving marathon bombing suspect was charged with the crime. 

Tsarnaev is charged with unlawfully using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device) against persons and property within the United States. 

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He is also charged with using an explosive to maliciously damage and destroy real and personal property used in interstate and foreign commerce and actively affecting interstate and foreign commerce resulting in personal injury and death. 

Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to the FBI.

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said this afternoon that Tsarnaev will be tried in civilian court and not treated as an Enemy Combatant. Carney noted that Tsarnaev is a naturalized American citizen and thus cannot be tried in front of a military tribunal, as an enemy combatant would.


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